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Question 1

euro

Answer 1

official common currency of the EU

Question 2

evanescent

Answer 2

fading away

Question 3

expurgate

Answer 3

to remove objectionable content from written work

Question 4

facetious

Answer 4

joking, often inappropriately

Question 5

fatuous

Answer 5

foolish

Question 6

feckless

Answer 6

without purpose

Question 7

fiduciary

Answer 7

financial person; related to public trust, esp. regarding currency

Question 8

filibuster

Answer 8

to obstruct legislation, esp. by long speeches; exceptionally long speech meant to prevent legislation

Question 9

gamete

Answer 9

male or female sexual reproductive cell

Question 10

gauche

Answer 10

lacking social grace

Question 11

gerrymander

Answer 11

to divide a geopolitical region to favor a political party’s voter ship; a redrawing of a region’s boundaries

Question 12

hegemony

Answer 12

predominant influence of one nation over another

Question 13

hemoglobin

Answer 13

oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells

Question 14

homogeneous

Answer 14

of the same kind; essentially alike

Question 15

hubris

Answer 15

excessive pride or self-confidence

Question 16

hypotenuse

Answer 16

the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

Question 17

impeach

Answer 17

to accuse (a public official) of misconduct

Question 18

incognito

Answer 18

having one’s identity concealed

Question 19

incontrovertible

Answer 19

not open to question

Question 20

equinox

Answer 20

day of equal day and night